Class 3 Reflection

Class was very interesting this week. We learned more about PowerPoint, and I'm excited to make a staff development slideshow on copyright. I've had people ask me whether or not they would be breaking copyright before. It surprises me how little people know about it--shouldn't every education major learn at least the basics? Schools can and do get caught violating copyright. I can't to get started on this project and tell my classmates a little bit about what they can and cannot do because I think it's important information they can definitely use.
I hadn't heard of LoTi before, but it definitely applies to the media center. I have just skimmed over the information, but I'm looking forward to learning more so that I can use it in my library someday. You have to know where you're at before you can improve!
I learned more about Inspiration today. I hadn't really used the templates before, so I didn't realize there were so many of them! They'd be very useful in the classroom, that's for sure. I like using the outline feature to help me organize presentations or papers.
I'm kind of going in reverse here, but we started class talking about the difference between search engines and directories. It's very important for people to know the difference! Google is a search engine because it searches websites for certain words with no regard to the type of website it brings back. It just searches the metatags (I think). Directories are lists of websites organized by categories that have been checked for accuracy and appropriateness. Yahoo has both a search engine and a directory. I'm glad you taught everyone some search tips. I've helped my roommates find information because they don't know how to efficiently search the internet. We went over some basic computer terms in my media class last semester, and I think it's very important for everyone to know how a computer works. Teaching us a few words a day is a great idea--it's a hook, and it breaks a complicated and intimidating subject into smaller steps.
We did a lot of different things in class this week and the time flew by! I can't wait until next Thursday!